Table for meat, sausage, and the like.



PATENTED MAY 19, 1908. W. B. P LEOK. TABLE FOR MEAT, SAUSAGE, AND THELIKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28.1907.

nuenl'oz UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B. AFFLEGK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TABLE FOR MEAT, SAUSAGE, AND THE LIKE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM B. AFFLEOK, a citizen of the United States,and residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State -ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Table for Meat, Sausage,and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful table for meat, sausage and thelike, and consists of forming the same of steel suitably enameled, andwith removable receptacles connected therewith.

It further consists of other novel features of construction, all as willbe hereinafter fully set forth. 1

Figure 1 re resents a plan view of a meat or sausage ta le embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 re resents a section al view showing the legs rokenaway. Fig. 3 represents a sectional view, on an enlarged scale, of oneof the receptacles.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings z-In the construction of tables now in use inpacking houses, meat dealers, etc. the tables are usually constructed ofwood, which absorbs the blood, etc. making the same unhealthy and thedrains from these tables are usually connected by a pipe with thesewerage, whereby it is impossible to clean the pipe leading to thelatter and thus the pipes become foul and unhealthy.

1 designates the meat or sausage table, preferably formed with theextension 2 and aving an opening at a suitable point in its wall, saidopening having the drain 3 suitably connected around the edge thereofand leading in said opening is a pipe 4 which extends down a suitabledistance below the table and is adapted to discharge into a suitablepail or bucket 5. The table is supported upon suitable legs 6 and isformed of steel, the upper surface of which is enameled, as at 7, andthe edges of said table being elevated and round ed as at 8, there beingno angle formed between the raised portion and the bottom of the table,thus preventing the lodgment of any material.

9 designates an opening formed at a suitable point in the bottom of thetable, having the upturned edge or flange 10 extending around the same,said opening being adapted to receive a receptacle 11 which is also pro-Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 28, 1907.

Patented May 19, 1908.

Serial No. 376,210.

vided with enamel. The vessel is provided with the turned over edges 12between which and the bottom of the receptacle 11 the flange or upturnedportion 10 is adapted to be seated, whereby it will be seen that saidreceptacle is firmly held in position, the upper edge of the receptaclebeing provided with a cut away portion 13 forming a means for engagementfor removal and insertion of the receptacle;

14 designates other openings in the bottom of the table having upturnededges or flanges 15 similar to the portion 10, said openings beingadapted to receive the receptacles 16 which are formed in a similarmanner to the receptacle 11 and being also provided with the cut awayportions 17. It will be noted that the bottom of the table slants fromall directions to the drain ipe 4 so that the blood and other materialwill freely pass to said pipe and therefrom to said pail or rece tacle5. In the edges 8 of the table I 1)1OV1(.6 slots or recesses 18 whichare adapted for the reception of the operating knives and for the stringused for tying the sausage casings after they are filled. The table justdescribed is more particularly adapted for sausage, the receptacles 16being adapted to receive the casings of the sausage from which the oerator can remove them and after they are ii led he can tie them bymeans of the string carried in the slots 18 and any material remainingover will be placed in the receptacle 11.

As there are no angles in the table the same can be thoroughly washedand cleansed as well as the receptacles, which can be removed bygrasping the cut away portions 17. It will be seen by these means I haveconstructed a sanitary table which is practical in all particulars.

It will be understood that there are no angles in the same and that asthe entire surface with which the material comes in contact is enameledthe table can be kept thoroughly clean and sanitary.

It will be noted that the turn over ortion 27 of the edges 8 of thetable exten but a slight distance below the bottom of the table, theadvantages of which are that the entire table can be thoroughly cleansedand the interior of the turn over edges 8 can be readily accessible to ascrubbing brush or other cleansing means.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. A table formed of steel having inclined bottom wall and suitablyenameled, said bottom wall having 0 enings therein and a plurality' ofindependently removable receptacles adapted to be seated in saidopenings and having overturned edges, said table being provided with adrain, and said bottom wall inclining in all directions toward saiddrain.

2. A table formed of steel having inclined bottom wall and suitablyenameled, said bottom wall having 0 enings therein and a plurality ofindepen ently removable receptacles adapted to be seated in said 0enings and having overturned edges, sai overturned edges being providedwith cut-away Hortions, said table being rovided with a rain, and saidbottom wa inclining in all directions toward said drain.

3. A table for the purpose stated formed of metal suitably enameled andhaving a drain toward which the bottom wall of the table inclines fromall directions, said bottom Wall being provided with a plurality ofopenings and a table having a surrounding turned over edge elevatedabove the plane of the bottom and having slots therein, andindependently removable vessels fitted to said 0 enings and havingcut-away portions at t eir upper ends.

WILLIAll/l B. AFFLEOK.

Witnesses v WM. CANER WIEDERsEIM, JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM.

